Protein c-Fos

Protein c-Fos is a proto-oncogene that is the human homolog of the retroviral oncogene v-fos. It is encoded in humans by the FOS gene. It was first discovered in rat fibroblasts as the transforming gene of the FBJ MSV (Finkel–Biskis–Jinkins murine osteogenic sarcoma virus) (Curran and Tech, 1982). It is a part of a bigger Fos family of transcription factors which includes c-Fos, FosB, Fra-1 and Fra-2. It has been mapped to chromosome region 14q21→q31. c-Fos encodes a 62 kDa protein, which forms heterodimer with c-jun (part of Jun family of transcription factors), resulting in the formation of AP-1 (Activator Protein-1) complex which binds DNA at AP-1 specific sites at the promoter and enhancer regions of target genes and converts extracellular signals into changes of gene expression. It plays an important role in many cellular functions and has been found to be overexpressed in a variety of cancers.

FOS
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesFOS, AP-1, C-p55, Fos proto-oncogene, AP-1 transcription factor subunit
External IDsOMIM: 164810 MGI: 95574 HomoloGene: 3844 GeneCards: FOS
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

2353

14281

Ensembl

ENSG00000170345

ENSMUSG00000021250

UniProt

P01100
Q6FG41

P01101

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005252

NM_010234

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005243
NP_005243.1

NP_034364

Location (UCSC)Chr 14: 75.28 – 75.28 MbChr 12: 85.52 – 85.52 Mb
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